Subj : GoldMine - Connecting from Synchronet BBS
To : j0hnny a1pha
From : j0hnny a1pha
Date : Fri Nov 15 2024 07:33 am
> Try "xtrn=" in lower case. I've noticed that perhaps something may
> have changed in a recent commit - not 100% sure but changing
> everything to lower case when passing this seems to work. I'll dig in
FYI, nothing has changed in Synchronet. looking at the docs, it's always
been lower case "xtrn=". I'm running the latest pull from the repo and
it's all working as expected.
I think the biggest stumbling point for setting up GM is if you don't have
a BBS built-in menu action that provides rlogin, and you need to use a
shell script or door. Windows has the excellent RMDOOR with Rlogin mode
(WWIV, Renegade, etc.). Linux has old insecure RLOGIN or
rsh-redone-client, which i find a bit wonky.
Doing more testing on a custom/native linux connector, hope to make that
available in usable form soon so it's an out-of-the-box experience,
end-to-end.
